{
    "term": "next",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "coming straight after somebody/something in time, order or space",
            "labels": "(informal)British English",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The next train to Baltimore is at ten."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The next six months will be the hardest."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The next chapter deals with the post-war situation."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Who's next?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The woman in the next room was talking in a very loud voice."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The parcel will arrive in the next few days."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I fainted and **the next thing I knew** I was in the hospital."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Round here, you leave school and **next thing you know** you're married with three kids."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "the Monday, week, etc. immediately following",
            "sensetop": "next Monday, week, summer, year, etc.",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Next Thursday is 12 April."
                },
                {
                    "text": "**Next time** I'll bring a book."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I'm going away next month."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Next month's rent is due today."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to encourage somebody who has not been successful at something",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Never mind— better luck next time."
                },
                {
                    "text": "If you didn't win a prize, better luck next time."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Success"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "if a situation changes from one day to the next, it is uncertain and not likely to stay the same each day",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I never know what to expect from one day to the next."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Time"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "a person or thing that people think will be very popular or successful soon",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She has been talked up as the next big thing in British tennis."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Everyone is trying to guess what the next big thing in street fashion is going to be."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "the average person",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I can enjoy a joke **as well as the next man**, but this is going too far."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to further improve or develop something that is already successful",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He decided to move to New York to take his career to the next level."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We are taking web design to the next level."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Success"]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/nekst/",
                "audio": "ne/next/next__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/nekst/",
                "audio": "ne/next/next__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English nēhsta ‘nearest’, superlative of nēah ‘nigh’; compare with Dutch naast and German nächste."
}